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Timeline Of The Near Future

Subjects : trivia, history
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1. Transit of Venus on June 11.






2. Beginning of the 16th century according to the Islamic calendar.






3. Cosmic Call 1 will reach its destination - the star Gliese 777.






4. Transit of Venus on June 9.






5. Triple conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn.






6. Halley's Comet returns to the inner Solar System.






7. Brood X - the largest brood of North American seventeen-year cicadas - will emerge.






8. Construction of Sagrada Familia to be completed.






9. At 16-08 UTC on July 29 - Mercury will occult Mars.






10. Triple conjunction Mars






11. Grand Trine of Uranus - Neptune - and Pluto. This last occurred in 1769 and 1770.






12. 'First Plutonian anniversary' of the dwarf planet's discovery - given that Pluto's orbit is just under 248 Earth years.






13. The Green Wall of China is expected to be completed.






14. The 17th Pan-American Games to be held in Toronto. Spacecrafts New Horizons and Dawn to arrive at the dwarf planets Pluto and Ceres - respectively. Alignment of Earth - Venus and Jupiter. Rugby World Cup held in England and Wales. 2015 Cricket World






15. Lease held by the Pitjantjatjara people on Uluru to Australian government set to expire.






16. Winter Olympics held in Sochi - Russia. 2014 FIFA World Cup held in Brazil. Expected time of completion for the World Trade Center site. The fifth report of the UN'sInternational Panel on Climate Change to be given.






17. 7th millennium begins in the Hebrew calendar.






18. Mercury occults Neptune.






19. Transit of Venus on June 9.






20. On August 1 - Mercury occults Regulus (last occultation of Regulus by Mercury was on August 13 - 364 BC).






21. The Chernobyl exclusion zone becomes habitable.






22. The second full orbit of Neptune around the sun since its discovery in 1846.






23. There will be a Solar Eclipse on August 21.






24. Year 2038 problem - similar to the Year 2000 problem may occur on this date.






25. Solar eclipse of 7 min 14 s - Solar Saros 139. Exceeding 7 minutes of totality - this will be the first time this has happened in 177 years; the last one occurred on June 30 - 1973. when the Concorde prototype followed the totality spot during 73 min






26. Return of Halley's Comet.






27. Transit of Venus.






28. Long-duration lunar eclipse of approximately 106.1 minutes.






29. The One country - two systems model between China and Macau will expire.






30. First expected manned mission to Mars by NASA.






31. Triple conjunction Mars






32. 2019 Rugby World Cup to be held in Japan. 2019 Cricket World Cup to be held in England.






33. The Green Wall of China is expected to be completed.






34. Copyright on the earliest Mickey Mouse cartoons expires.






35. Triple conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn.






36. The Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (comprising Saudi Arabia - Oman - United Arab Emirates - Bahrain - Kuwait and Qatar) hope to establish monetary union in this year. FIFA Confederations Cup to be held in Brazil. 34th America's C






37. Triple conjunction Mars






38. Triple conjunction Mars






39. Transit of Mercury.






40. Lease held by the Pitjantjatjara people on Uluru to Australian government set to expire.






41. Transit of Mercury.






42. Cosmic Call 1 will reach its destination - the star Gliese 777.






43. August will be the first time Pluto reaches aphelion since its discovery.






44. Sedna overtakes Eris as the farthest known spheroid orbiting the Sun.






45. The M1 Abrams will be retired from service.






46. 52 UTC - Venus will occult Saturn.






47. 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup to be held in Russia.






48. FIFA World Cup to be held in Qatar.






49. 2019 Rugby World Cup to be held in Japan. 2019 Cricket World Cup to be held in England.






50. Halley's Comet returns to the inner Solar System